The Westfields Golf Club, in Clifton, Va., is the latest property to achieve certification through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses. This marks the 21st Marriott Golf managed property to achieve Audubon Certification, as part of the Company’s recent mandate program, which ensures that 25 managed golf properties in North America and the Caribbean become Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries by the end of 2008.

As part of the property’s efforts to become Audubon Certified, Westfields Golf Club increased the size of its native areas by eight acres and reduced 20 acres from its irrigation system, reducing the amount of water and chemical usage in those areas.  In addition, extensive habitat was added along streams and ponds to provide food and shelter for the wildlife on the course, which includes fox and deer.